The argument against epiphenomenalism posits that if pain causes avoidance behavior, creatures that correlate harmful states with pain are selected for by evolution, whereas creatures that correlate harmful states with pleasure are selected against.

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  Non-physicalist Theories of Consciousness

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• Non-physicalist Theories of Consciousness www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press via serper

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• epiphenomenalism concept
• pain concept
• pleasure concept
• evolution concept
• avoidance concept